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CakePHP & jQuery UI Autocomplete

This is a field that you enter a partial "batch" number and then the JQuery Autocomplete control queries the remote database for a matching list. This is rough code to get a jQuery UI auto complete control working with CakePHP. // in Model/Label.php public function...

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CakePHP ACL and other challenges

If you have implemented ACL in CakePHP and then you add an action to your controller or create a new controller and actions you will get locked out when you try to access it (unless you have granted access further up the tree) Firstly perform aco_sync using the...

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Synology Slow Local USB Transfer Speeds

I have a 3TB Western Digital USB Drive (details below) it was almost full. If you are planning to quickly transfer data off a USB Drive to your Synology you had better budget upwards of 4 days to make the transfer. The transfer speeds are so slow.... I searched the...

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Last Night In Telarah

Tomorrow the removalists come to take our stuff and move us to Melbourne. Our house in Telarah is now up for rent and I'm looking forward to living in the (more) Southern Climes of Melbourne. I have sold and thrown away three generations of tools and equipment from my...

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